Entrancing. That’s how I’ll describe the style of Super Hexagon, the latest action game from indie developer Terry Cavanagh. The game moves at an incredibly fast pace, challenging the player to navigate a small triangle through a maze of oncoming rectangles and trapezoids, and survive for as long as possible. The color palette consists of bright…

With the news of MoMA’s acquisition of 14 video games for its permanent collection, ranging from Pac Man to Portal, the question “can video games be art” has been raised by a number of mainstream outlets. Jonathan Jones, art critic for the Guardian, feels strongly that they never will be. He writes: The worlds created by electronic games…